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The Bishop Collection : investigations and studies in jade, volume 1

by: Bishop, Heber Reginald, 1840-1902

Publication date: 1906
Topics: Jade, Jade--China, Bishop Collection
Publisher: [The De Vinne Press]
Collection: gialibrary; patron-library-collection
Contributor: Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932
Language: English
Item Size: 1.1G

Volume 1 of 2.

Volume 2: https://archive.org/details/BishopCollectionVol2

"Yü-shou" and "Illustrations of the modern manufacture of jade" have separate t.p's.; "Yü-shou" also has separate bibliography.

Includes bibliographical references (v. 1) and index (v. 2).

Contents: V. 1. Preface -- Pt. 1. General introduction -- Pt. 2. Jade in China -- Pt. 3. Jade as a mineral -- Pt. 4. Methods of working jade -- Pt. 5. Worked jade -- Bibliography -- Index.

Contents: V. 1, pt. 2. Jade in China. A discourse on jade / Yu Shuo (translation by Dr. Stephen W. Bushell). I. Sources of jade -- II. Crude jade -- III. Value of jade -- IV. Objects made of jade -- V. Jade used by the Son of Heaven -- VI. Jade used by the State -- VII. The colors of jade -- VIII. Ancient jade -- IX. Fei-ts'ui -- Appendix -- A discourse on jade / Yu Shuo (Chinese text) -- Illustrations of the modern manufacture of jade / Yu Tso Tou.

Contents: V. 1, pt. 3. Jade as a mineral / George Frederick Kunz, ed. by Dr. Robert Lilley. General definition -- Color -- Notes on the color of jade -- Diaphaneity -- Lustre -- Opalescence -- Sheen -- Crystalline system and optical properties: jadeite & nephrite; structure -- Microscopical petrography of jade -- Tenacity -- Impact tests on jade -- Compression tests on jade -- Tension tests on jade -- Fracture -- Hardness -- Specific gravity -- The sonorousness of jade -- The chemical constitution of jade -- The chemical analyses -- Discussion of the analyses -- Descriptions of the specimens analyzed, with analyses, reductions and notes -- Inclusions -- On the origin of jadeite -- The relation of jadeite and nephrite -- Localities and geological occurrence of jade -- Jaczewski's explorations -- General discussion -- Minerals sometimes mistaken for jade.

Contents: V. 1, pt. 4. Methods of working jade. Chinese methods -- New Zealand methods -- Pebble forms -- Cleaving -- Battering -- Grinding -- Sawing -- Polishing -- Pecking -- Drilling -- Nature of Perforations -- The drill.

Contents: V. 1. pt 5. Worked jade. I. Prehistoric: Material -- Neolithic jade objects -- The casts. Tomb jades -- Burnt jade. II. Historic: 1. China -- 2. India -- 3. Annam -- 4. Europe and New Zealand.

Contents Vol. 2, Catalog: Brief introduction, with explanatory statement as to the arrangement -- Mineralogical synopsis: Descriptions of mineralogical specimens, classed according to locality and color -- Archaeological synopsis: Descriptions of prehistoric specimens, classed according to locality and form: a) Implements, b) Weapons, c) Casts from European museums, d) Partially worked pieces, e) Ornaments and ceremonial objects -- Ancient or tomb pieces from China, with brief introduction -- Art objects. Historical period, with brief introduction and classification -- Index.